2017 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956
Act 218 of 1956 THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)
218-1956-46 CHAPTER 46 CAPTIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES (500.4601...500.4673)
Section 500.4619 Pure captive insurance company or sponsored captive insurance company; association captive insurance company or industrial insured captive insurance company; incorporation as stock insurer or limited liability company; issuance of capital stock or membership interests; formation of captive insurance company as corporation or nonprofit corporation or as limited liability company; state residency; chapter as controlling provision of law.
Sec. 4619.
(1) A pure captive insurance company or a sponsored captive insurance company may be any of the following:
(a) Incorporated as a stock insurer with its capital divided into shares and held by the stockholders.
(b) Incorporated as a public benefit, mutual benefit, or religious nonprofit corporation with members in accordance with the Michigan nonprofit corporation act of 1982, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192.
(c) Organized as a limited liability company with its capital divided into capital accounts and held by its members.
(2) An association captive insurance company or an industrial insured captive insurance company may be any of the following:
(a) Incorporated as a stock insurer with its capital divided into shares and held by the stockholders.
(b) Organized as a limited liability company with its capital divided into capital accounts and held by its members.
(c) Incorporated as a mutual insurer without capital stock, the governing body of which is elected by the member organizations of its association.
(3) The capital stock or membership interests of a captive insurance company incorporated as a stock insurer or limited liability company shall be issued at not less than par value.
(4) For a captive insurance company formed as a corporation or a nonprofit corporation, at least 1 of the members of the board of directors of a captive insurance company incorporated in this state shall be a resident of this state.
(5) For a captive insurance company formed as a limited liability company, at least 1 of the managers of the captive insurance company shall be a resident of this state.
(6) A captive insurance company formed as a limited liability company has the privileges and is subject to the provisions of the Michigan limited liability company act, 1993 PA 23, MCL 450.4101 to 450.5200, for limited liability companies, as well as the applicable provisions contained in this chapter. If a conflict occurs between a provision of the Michigan limited liability company act, 1993 PA 23, MCL 450.4101 to 450.5200, for limited liability companies, and a provision of this chapter, this chapter controls.
(7) All captive insurers formed as corporations under this chapter are considered bodies corporate and politic, in fact and in name, are subject to all of the provisions of law in relation to corporations as far as they are applicable, and have the corporate powers provided for in chapter 52.
(8) This act's provisions pertaining to mergers, consolidations, conversions, mutualizations, and redomestications apply in determining the procedures to be followed by a captive insurance company in carrying out any of the transactions described in those provisions.
History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008
Popular Name: Act 218
